Are daily pushups good for you?

[Vmhatup]

Is it good for my arms to do 30 pushups every day when I get a
chance? I usually go to the gym about three times a week but
lately, with work, I haven't been able to. I was thinking of
doing a few pushups everyday (as I do with situps) just so my
arms stay in shape. Is that any good?

Thanks

[Smeagol]

"VMHatUp" <xxx@xx.com> wrote in message
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> Is it good for my arms to do 30 pushups every day when I get
> a chance? I usually go to the gym about three times a week
> but lately, with work, I haven't been able to. I was
> thinking of doing a few pushups everyday (as I do with
> situps) just so my arms stay in shape. Is that any good?
>
> Thanks
>
>

If you want stamina then yes. I did 200 press ups every day
during spec training in the army, t'was great :) I wouldn't do
them that frequently if you're using weights though. I was
doing 10x30 with 10 kgs on my back, mon, tue, fri. I found
that was overtraining a bit and have reduced to mon, fri with
15kgs. You wanna break a sweat try that ;)

As a note, I found I had to keep doing them with weight to
keep the mass, when I reduced to just normal pressups I
actually lost some mass in my chest. Just something I found.

Smeg

[Steve Frei]

VMHatUp wrote:
>
> Is it good for my arms to do 30 pushups every day when I get
> a chance? I usually go to the gym about three times a week
> but lately, with work, I haven't been able to. I was
> thinking of doing a few pushups everyday (as I do with
> situps) just so my arms stay in shape. Is that any good?

Pushups are better than a slap in the face with a dead fish.
Put your feet up on something if you can, even up above your
head like a handstand pushup but using a wall to steady you.
If the resistance that way is too hard to do 30 in a row,
break it up in to sets.

-S-

[Dkamicolo]

"Smeagol" <smeagol@inet.net.nz> wrote in message
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> "VMHatUp" <xxx@xx.com> wrote in message
> news:EoBF9.15996$EY.13099@fe01...
> > Is it good for my arms to do 30 pushups every day when I
> > get a chance? I usually go to the gym about three times a
> > week but lately, with work, I haven't been able to. I was
> > thinking of doing a few pushups everyday (as I do with
> > situps) just so my arms stay in shape. Is that any good?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
> If you want stamina then yes. I did 200 press ups every day
> during spec training in the army, t'was great :) I wouldn't
> do them that frequently if you're using weights though. I
> was doing 10x30 with 10 kgs on my back, mon, tue, fri. I
> found that was overtraining a bit and have reduced to mon,
> fri with 15kgs. You wanna break a sweat try that ;)
>
> As a note, I found I had to keep doing them with weight to
> keep the mass, when I reduced to just normal pressups I
> actually lost some mass in my chest. Just something I found.
>
> Smeg

I too have a question. I stopped doing push-ups (used to do 30
a day) because I was concerned that building up my pecs would
help me develop "man-boobs". Is this a falacy? So is it
advisable to do push-ups?

Thanks

[Spodosauru]

Only two things will cause man boob development: excess fat
and gynecomastia (which can occur naturally or with steroid
abuse or during hormone therapy for gender reassignment)

Bench press/push ups/building muscle do not create man boobs.
You can't flex man boobs, you can flex muscle. That's how you
can tell the difference if you're REALLY that unsure :-)

"dkamicolo" <dkamicolo@excite.com> wrote in message
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> "Smeagol" <smeagol@inet.net.nz> wrote in message
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> > "VMHatUp" <xxx@xx.com> wrote in message
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> > > Is it good for my arms to do 30 pushups every day when I
> > > get a chance?
I
> > > usually go to the gym about three times a week but
> > > lately, with work,
I
> > > haven't been able to. I was thinking of doing a few
> > > pushups everyday
(as I
> > > do with situps) just so my arms stay in shape. Is that
> > > any good?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> >
> > If you want stamina then yes. I did 200 press ups every
> > day during spec training in the army, t'was great :) I
> > wouldn't do them that frequently if you're using weights
> > though. I was doing 10x30 with 10 kgs on my back, mon,
> > tue, fri. I found that was overtraining a bit and have
> > reduced to mon, fri with 15kgs. You wanna
break
> > a sweat try that ;)
> >
> > As a note, I found I had to keep doing them with weight to
> > keep the
mass,
> > when I reduced to just normal pressups I actually lost
> > some mass in my chest. Just something I found.
> >
> > Smeg
>
> I too have a question. I stopped doing push-ups (used to do
> 30 a day) because I was concerned that building up my pecs
> would help me develop "man-boobs". Is this a falacy? So is
> it advisable to do push-ups?
>
> Thanks